Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-17
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~"BLACKMAn" 40 THE RAND.
lTo-morrow eveainx the fayoriie dra-
matte artist, W. e. Cowper, will
open a three days engagement nj
the Grand Opera House, In BLACK
mail" The piece IL French In theme,
English in treatment, American In
quaint humor, aud In in five acts. The
literary quality Of the play Ii Of n superior
order, the plot IL ingeniously coniriycd,
and the interest Of the story Il admirably
sustained. The scenes are highly impses-
sive and realistic, comprising the tsstross
Of Toulon, the galleys and the haTbor Of
Marseilles aud the island of Jersey. LEON.
who IL guilty without crime of having
killed in o duel M aristocratic william, In
incarcerated Ia u lofty PRISONS tower,
where he escapes by a headlong leap FOR
freedom. The daring feat celebrities the
spectators, and IL IL the most effective act
ia the entire drama. IL IL proarBted with
an especially selected 0s.t, magnificent
costumes, and new and original scenery,
FRANCIS LABADIE AT MARTINS FERRY.
Francis Labadie. in the character Of 100
the Waif, in "Nobody's Child" IL billed
10 show at Lafayette Hall in Martins
Ferry on the evening Of April 10Th. NJ.
Iabadie drew we'll nj the Grand during
his recent engagement, aud the po0Sle Of
Martins Ferry are 10 be congratulated on
securing such a star for even one night,
''sHAMUs o'BRIEs."
Next Friday and Saturday Mr.. Charlie.
Erin Weaver will appear at the Open
House In n beautiful romantic play.
''shamus O'Brien." The theme Of this
drama II taken from the celebrated poem,
shamus O'Brien, OF which every sentenee
thrills the heart Of the true born Irishman
and every lover OF liberty. The scenes Of
the play are laid in Galway and tie City
of Dublin. In the year 'S8; when Englaul.
stin ssaarttng under their defeat by the
| Americans and exasperated by te pa
tiOtism Of the Irish, sought to crush
them into subsection; especially a hero,
whose outspoken love sf Liberty and M
daunted bravery was q brilliant exap.p Ole
for his d~awn-ifodden countrymen, Tho
plot rs nicely woven bringing oat the
luli force Of the Irish charaossS, showing
the Irish ~ they were asd are.
THE a'cAULL orERA COMPANY.
Thursday evening the well Known Me-
Casli Opera Company will appear NJ tbe
Opera House in Tho Black Husar."
This opera Is at present holding the boards
Of the principal Australian and GernaD
theatres. Iii claimed for the tasic of
this work that nothing 20 tunefsl and msr-
nv has been produced since the days OF
0fenhach's 'Grabde Ducbesse. - The story
is both romantic and humorous; and In the
sdaptatics OF the tert, which has bsss
caccfaiiy made, the parts have bern rspec-
tally fitted 10 the strong cast engaged.
N oSEgA HOUSE
To morrow evening the Op.fa House
Orchestra, reinforced By . number
Of selected m~uzic1xss from Piits-
burg and other tiiies, and asisted
by Miss ffen Williams, soprano,
Mia Anna Lang. barpist, and Prsi. Her
mann scbockey, solo v~iclinist. win give
their annual grand coresSs 1t the Opess
House, under the difeetios 81 Prof Il W..
Spell. The sale Of sests In a~utisipatsos %
this eyeps has been very hrge, cd IL
pgosssce Of Q cultured aud Representation
/ sadience ig assured. Tk<Ss are sfsw esod
seals left and thoss Via desire to lstes 70
q ine psosrsssms we'll Interpreted, shsaA
lose % time In seeking ths boz sesst,
MondA5.
Kxxu IN "rR1z-"
Ihs sunsapoenest that he old kssiis,
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